Yuyu language explained

Yuyu
Also Known As:Yirau, Upper Riverland
Region:South Australia
Ethnicity:Ngawait, Erawirung, Ngintait, Ngarkat
Extinct:?
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:Lower Murray
Iso3:yxu
Aiatsis:S19
Aiatsisname:Yuyu
Aiatsis2:S18
Aiatsisname2:Ngintait
Dia1:Ngintait (Inteck)
Dia2:Ngarkat (Ngarrket)
Dia3:Yirawirung (Erawirung)
Dia4:Ngawait
Glotto:uppe1415
Glottorefname:Upper Riverland

Yuyu (Yirau) is an extinct language or dialect cluster of southern South Australia. Walsh treats Yuyu as a language with Ngawait, Erawirung, Ngintait, and Ngarkat as dialects; Berndt and Berndt (1993) list those as dialects related to Yuyu.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)